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I am wondering if the faculty of Memetics students and founder would be interested in having a conversation about the possibilities of some NLP activities / workshops at the cube cinema's 'technique over technology' workshop . Does the description of technique (as opposed to technology) fit in with your understandings of NLP? - SaulAlbert

- Certainly interested. May be able to add something (or take something away) on social engineering and/or brain chemistry - if only as comments/observations. Can you expand/link the definitions here so I can understand more of what you are driving at? In particular I have trouble with "technology at best is a poor replacement of what has been lost". It'd also be helpful if you could explain "grapevine telegraph v mobile texting" and "mnemonics v content management" a little. My understanding is that you are looking at exploring and recording ways of leveraging modest 'technological' materials by using 'technique' to structure the way in which they are used. Is this an accurate description of your interest? - UncleFester

- In passing, I have come across a couple of interesting Internet nuggets which you or the Historification Committee may wish to comment on:

  Look forward to hearing from you! - UncleFester

I hope I managed to answer your questions about TechniqueOverTechnology. I don't think I'm really able to throw much more light onto the wikipedia articles you link to above other than I can verify the fact that the LPA did a very real, enjoyable and quite painful bike ride to Royston last year. I can see why you ask the historification committee - as their work seem to be based (in name at least) on some of the practices described in the articles linked above, although as far as I can see most of the UoHc activities deal with events that have quite dense reality indicators. Why do you ask?* - SaulAlbert

I would also like to suggest the use of the AddCommentPlugin or the WikiBlogPlugin for this section of the page - both of which are advantages of the newly updated wiki software here that allow threaded discussions / comments to be represented nicely in the wiki. I can set this up if you'd like... Let me know - SaulAlbert

- Hi Saul. Looks to me like the AddCommentPlugin does not yet work properly and the WikiBlogPlugin defaults postings to locked/uneditable plus doesn't allow threaded replies to comments? If you can get the AddCommentPlugin set up and running here, it'd be appreciated but don't worry too much. For the time being (and foreseeable future) I don't think the volume of comments expected justifies too much work to move away from the current ad hoc solution. If you do change the format, please make sure it's idiotproof to use: I am that idiot. - UncleFester

I am interested seeing how the theories - Memetics in particular - relate to problem solving. DerekLewis

I found some interesting points in your First Draft, in particular "Modes of thinking which limit the routes to solution".

My interest in memetics and its relationship to problem solving is driven by personal experience. I have seen situations where having the right sort of culture ensured the success of a problem solving effort. I have also seen situations where the wrong sort of culture meant the project was doomed from the outset. My experience has been supported by what I have read since.

I think understanding how culture is transmitted would help in seeing how to influence its development within ProblemSolvingGroups. My aim would be to promote a culture that is compatible with the proper functioning of the group.* DerekLewis

- Dammit! You beat me to completion of the draft - I knew I shouldn't have left it fallow so long! The notes probably need a certain amount of fleshing out and explanation but you can at least see the bones of what I meant to say. I agree that cultural context is an important aspect of problem solving. A case in point is the free software movement's dependance on gift culture to support their collaborative, cumulative approach to the problem of software development. Another is the Henry VIII approach to the problem of divorce. The free software paradigm is also interesting to look at from the point of view of getting more from less, which is what I understand Saul's technology/technique workshop to be focusing on. I am unfortunately unexpectedly busy for the next couple of weeks but will try to get something more up asap on identifying and altering cultural contexts. I'll need some further time to give a considered response though. In the meantime, I'd be glad to hear your further thoughts here if you have the time to set them down for me so that I have something more to work from. - UncleFester